February 2012
18 posts
Center of Your Own Universe →
Leave it to me to find a way to make being sick efficient. I did my laundry, caught up on my homework for today and tomorrow, and I wrote a song. Kick-arse.
Anyway, this summer, I’ll make some extended post or something on Youngstown music, but for right now, you’ll have to settle for this. I had the pleasure of playing with Rocko and Alan of Modern Life over Christmas break by...
"About Apollo"- excerpt SMC Apollo Night program
The Apollo Theater is located in Harlem, New York and is well known for its impact on the African-American story. In 1934 when the theater re-opened after many changes, it featured the first show that allowed blacks into the audience. For many years after, it was the only theater in New York to hire black talent.
Perhaps due to its location within a heavily populated African-American community,...
Wednesday is officially "Everyone Who Reblogs Gets...
letterbomb-love:
Everyone will be promo’d in a few lists later tonight! I’ll get out of my last class around 10 p.m.
Rules:
REBLOG ONCE ONLY (Likes will NOT count)
Must be following me (I’ll check)
DAT’S ALL :) GET REBLOGGING
*Obligatory commentary on Whitney Houston*
One of the greatest things about music in any culture these days is its subliminal influence on the masses; we often do not realize how integral it is in our connection to others until something freaky—like celebrities dying in threes—happens. On that note, let us talk about Whitney Houston. Her music has played an important role in inspiring some of the greatest pop artists from the early...
Sometimes You Just Know
My inability to explain my infatuation with rock music frustrates me. Or my infatuation with music period. It might be the nature of creation that causes such an emotional uproar within me, but I’ll strive to show instead of spoon-feeding my ideas to anyone who happens to read this. I love music and I love studying the places in which we try to fit it into our lives— like in movies...
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Ay Ya Ya Ya(Forever in My Hands) by Pollyn →
It is unnatural to be as addicted as I am to this song. This is a song. It is something that grasps me on an emotional level while also offering something to challenge my listening experience. This song is about being at a crossroads. It’s about making a decision that could really switch up the game. I don’t know what the game is, but toiling over it makes me want to dance. And...
Vh1's 100 Greatest Women in Music
I’m sitting here with my buddy Cathy(http://cookietakestheworld.tumblr.com— a masterpiece in the making) watching Vh1 and I’m having a time. We toasted Whitney and are talking about music of the last 20 years and its good influence on how it contributes to our culture. This program has several benefits:
—Since this a program chronicling female artists of the last 20 years,...
Hot Air by Pollyn →
No lights, no show
No words, no no
Give me something I can reach out and touch
I know just what I want
No smoke, no talk
Give me something I can reach out and touch
